Free webinars deal with Illinois navy veterans help

Legal professional Common Kwame Raoul is encouraging service members, veterans and their households to take part in a free webinar sequence to study concerning the rights and advantages earned by way of navy service. The Legal professional Common’s workplace is internet hosting the webinars, which started in Might throughout Navy Appreciation Month, that proceed by way of June.

Raoul’s Navy and Veterans Rights Bureau is internet hosting the webinars to offer priceless data to help service members, veterans and people who work with the veteran and navy communities. The webinars present an summary of the Illinois Navy Veterans Help Act (MVAA) and the Illinois Service Member Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (ISERRA).

“The bodily and psychological results of navy obligation typically proceed after service members’ duties finish, so I encourage service members, veterans, households and anybody who advocates for or works with veterans to take part in these free webinars,” Raoul stated. “My workplace’s Navy and Veterans Rights Bureau is devoted to making sure veterans and their households obtain the advantages they’ve earned.”

These fascinated with attending the webinars can RSVP by emailing [email protected] or calling 1-866-376-7215. People with listening to or speech disabilities can contact the workplace utilizing the 7-1-1 relay service. As soon as registered, individuals will obtain log in data.

Upcoming webinars embrace:

June 14 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This webinar will present an summary of the MVAA and the current modifications efficient Feb. 12, together with the function of veterans help commissions and county boards within the administration of advantages for navy veterans and their households.

June 20 from 6:30 p.m. to eight p.m. This webinar will present an summary of ISERRA, together with the kinds of qualifying navy service, the employment protections and reemployment rights for members of the Nationwide Guard, Reserves and Federal Auxiliaries whereas finishing their navy necessities, and the medical insurance and pension protections included in ISERRA.

For questions or extra data on service members’ and veterans’ rights, go to the Legal professional Common’s web site or name the Navy and Veterans’ Rights Helpline at 1-800-382-3000 to talk with a member of the bureau. The Navy and Veterans Rights Bureau provides in-person or digital displays on service member employment rights, navy veterans help, in addition to fraud and scams that focus on veterans and their advantages. Details about future coaching alternatives could be obtained by emailing [email protected].